He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
Isaiah 10:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in all the earth. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will make a full end, whatever is determined or decreed [in Israel], in the midst of all the earth. American Standard Version (1901) For a full end, and that determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth. Common English Bible Yes, destruction has been announced; the LORD God of heavenly forces will carry it out against the entire land. Catholic Public Domain Version For the Lord, the God of hosts, will accomplish an abbreviation and a consummation, in the midst of all the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, and an abridgment in the midst of all the land. |
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
Now therefore do not scoff, or your bonds will be made stronger, for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord God of hosts upon the whole land.
“The king shall act as he pleases. He shall exalt himself and consider himself greater than any god and shall speak horrendous things against the God of gods. He shall prosper until the period of wrath is completed, for what is determined shall be done.
All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does what he wills with the host of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
He shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall make sacrifice and offering cease, and in their place shall be a desolating sacrilege until the decreed end is poured out upon the desolator.”
for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth quickly and decisively.”